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by louprado 9y ago
Here's a link to the Google Security Rewards Program https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/programs-home/
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by louprado 9y ago
This is a gratuitous digression, but the retreating blade stall is a key reason we don't have supersonic helicopters. The Helicopter Speed Limit - Helicopter Physics Series - #7 - Smarter Every Day 51 -- starts at 2m46s https:/
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by louprado 9y ago
A recent 60 Minutes episode focused on employees in IT that were replaced H1-B Visa contractors. What the reporter failed to notice, or mention, is that every terminated employee was over 50 (my estimate based on appearance).
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by louprado 9y ago
Yep, then spend 2 years in pain from the tendonitis and ligament damage. Those tissue have a lot less blood flow than muscle so they can't keep up with stupid fast growth. Good form to prevent injury takes practice too, years of it! B
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by louprado 9y ago
I am currently co-developing a tech project with a woman. We have extremely disparate communication styles and we struggle at times. But because we both share common values, such as putting the customer's and team's interests over
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by louprado 9y ago
I couldn't help but remark on this. I posted the following comment 418 days ago. I am sure this is a case of simultaneous ideation. 3 points by louprado 418 days ago | parent [-] | on: Life in Technicolor – One month wearing color bli
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by louprado 9y ago
The lesson is to be so good they can't ignore you.
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by louprado 10y ago
> "Our principal foods were bran bread, barley porridge, potatoes, greens, milk and some butter Nearly every Dane lives within an hour walk from the ocean and even from the center of the country you are only 70km to the ocean. How i
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by louprado 10y ago
Last night I was going to use my video camera to measure the startup latency of a vibration motor by comparing it to a "Power On" LED. So this HN post is great timing .
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by louprado 10y ago
Agreed that owning stocks will keep you more engaged with what is happening in the business world, but you'll need super human discipline to not act on the news. Wells Fargo, for example, is now trading at an all time high despite bein
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by louprado 10y ago
We would all appreciate if you had anything to share about the following: > 3. Find manufacturers using Alibaba (coming soon) > 4. Picking the right partner factory (coming soon) > 5. Scale up production at a Chinese factory (comin
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by louprado 10y ago
Are there well-defined categories to epistemology (if that is even the right word) ? Are logical fallacies and bad arguments distinct formal categories. It's doubtful since the poster and book have overlap. Strange to see no mentio
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by louprado 10y ago
> he has amassed a collection of over 65 wholly owned companies Just a side note, the above likely referenced this Wikipedia page[1], but it misses that MiTek, which is listed on that page, represents holdings of another 20 companies
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by louprado 10y ago
I formed a Delaware C-Corp when I had a different vision for my company. But now I have no plans to raise capital, get co-founders, issue stock, etc. I just want to run the company as as a solo-founder cash cow. I never issued a single shar
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by louprado 10y ago
If I understand correctly, a California company that forms a Delaware C-Corp will not only have to pay California state taxes but also 7.8% taxes to Delaware. Is my statement accurate ? 7.8% of net profits is such a huge expense I can'
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by louprado 10y ago
Great idea... or maybe I think that because I'm a photo 5 but a video 7.
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by louprado 10y ago
I can not overstate how broken the NYC culture was in the 1980's and how normal this all would have felt. You would be a sucker if you ran a business without an angle . The angle is what made business fun, it was the clever part, yo
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by louprado 10y ago
Once you have sales and moderate growth you may lose the courage to continue growing and improving the company. Every decision has downside risk and the effort required keeps growing with each milestone. Without a co-founder or investors fo
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by louprado 10y ago
And while the industrial revolution wasn't a distinct U.S. advantage, the post-WW2 period gave the U.S. a near monopoly on industrial production. Most factories across Europe and Asia were destroyed in the war.
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by louprado 10y ago
So include glamour shots of young attractive women on your landing pages when possible. Got it! :) I can't remember what Madison Avenue Ad man (aka Mad Men) is responsible for the quote "in tits we trust". Ogilvy ? It's
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by louprado 10y ago
I sold a near perfect used Lincoln only to get an angry call from the buyer a day later claiming I sold him a lemon. After he calmed down he told me he had gone to the dealership to have the spark plugs changed. The dealership caused this p
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by louprado 10y ago
And long lines at the grocery store are an artifact of the city. The walk to my grocery store is under 5 minutes. I shop every other day because I can shop before 7AM. But if I had to shop later than 7AM, I would only go once a week, becaus
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Ask HN: What questions to ask to determine the right 3D application framework?
1 points by louprado 10y ago|0 comments
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by louprado 10y ago
Here are three steps to gaining weight: First, get more healthy calories in your diet. Second, learn to think like a strong person and learn good form. Third workout 20 minutes 3 to 4 times a week and workout hard focusing on squats and dea
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by louprado 10y ago
I don't doubt your integrity and passion, but I couldn't resist mentioning that your comment parallels that of people who work in other industries that produce addictive products. Specifically I was reminded by a quote of an owner
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by louprado 10y ago
In 2020 we'll all be talking like gangsters. The G's have been privacy conscience for centuries which is why their language evolves at such a high rate. For the record "Alexa turn off" and "Alexa stop listening&quot
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by louprado 10y ago
GDAX, for example, has a maker/taker type of fee structure that charges you based on your account volume: https://www.gdax.com/fees There are many ways an exchange can collect fees. An exchange doesn't have to tak
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by louprado 10y ago
Since the exchange functions as a market maker, do they also make money on the spread ? Or is the Ask and Bid an exact match ? Maybe there is no way to know for certain without two accounts. Also do you trade on multiple exchanges to perfo
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Ask HN: Do you wear ear protection or noise cancelling headphones while working?
35 points by louprado 10y ago|62 comments
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by louprado 10y ago
Any advice when saving new DB records ? We usually return the new ID in our return result, but it is not available when using async/await. Is it possible to send a second result with the ID and how does one create a listener for the se

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